marry. many couples took advantage of the new law and tied the knot. >> now, please take each other's hands. >> reporter: away from all the noise of the same-sex marriage debate, several couples were married in the quiet environment of tillman island. >> by the people of maryland, i now pronounce you married. >> reporter: and with that, clayton and wayne were one of the many same sex couples married in our state today. >> i was so quick. why was that such a big deal? >> reporter: after dealing with 20 years of don't ask, don't tell in the navy, they were married today also. >> we wanted to get married in our own state in our own home. >> reporter: they had been together for 15 years. their wedding was emotional for both of them.

>> it's overwhelming. again, it's a civil rights issue and people recognize that and they voted to give legitimacy to people who are in love with each other. >> reporter: many couples wanted to get married today for one main reason. >> because we could -- right after midnight. >> reporter: this wasn't the only ceremony. by the end of the day seven couples will have gotten married here. on tillman island, don harrison, abc2 news. in baltimore the first same-sex marriage took effect. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake was on hand. she became ordained so she could marry a man she works with and other couples. another law will help protect children from identity theft. the new law allows parents to contact the three major credit reporting agencies and place a freeze on their child's credit.

before the credit agencies were allowed to refuse. that policy is a problem for children because if they do have a credit report they are already likely a victim of fraud. the fate of tax cuts and unemployment benefits now lies with the house of representatives. the bill is in republican controlled territory where it's facing a challenge. we have the latest from washington. >> reporter: on the first day of the new year in the house, the stakes are high and intentions are higher. >> a new year's deal for a knee your's day. >> reporter: the first order of business tackling the fiscal cliff passed in the senate just hours earlier. under terms of the legislation taxes on the middle class will not go up. individuals earning $400,000 a year or more and households

earning $450,000 a year or more will see the levels return to clinton are a taxes. >> i think that we've made gigantic prog gressments i hope that we can have a bipartisan agreement as we go forward. >> vice-president joe biden -- >> we are losing an opportunity for reform. >> reporter: opponents of the deal said it was done in haste. >> senator mitch mcconnell said this shouldn't be the model and the senate proceed like a bull in a china closet anyway. >> reporter: if the deal is passed in the house, the president is expected to sign this, killing the tax hikes. i'm elizabeth corey done reporting. >> the senate bill's lack of spending cuts is a concern. house majority leader eric

cantor said this is not over yet. the new year was also the deadline to apply for the state's homestead tax credit. december 31st was the deadline this get the application in the mail but you can still turn it in tomorrow. a home caught on fire this afternoon. no one was injured. it broke out after three. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> weather wise, a nice dry start to the new year but we did stay cold and cloudy on this first day of january in 2013. mid-30s, 20s in western maryland where there's snow on the ground. central maryland hovering around 40 or so under the clouds. most of the active weather has stayed to our south. this weak storm system impacting

the carolinas and points further away. hour by hour overnight 32 degrees with a freeze by dawn tomorrow. we'll talk about how cold things will stay around here this week. it's coming up. >> thought we were going to lose wyatt for a second. komen maryland is struggling to help. we have more on how the fund-raising is falling short. >> reporter: they need about a million dollars. this year the annual praise for the cure fell about 30% short of its annual goal. the economy was down handle people had a hard time donating. also, a controversial decision forced the foundation to stop funding breast cancer screenings after the group was investigated by a congress pal committee.

they reversed their decision about a week later but some people were so angry that they didn't donate in 2012. >> one of the things we're dloog is trying to connect our donors with stories. we have a lot of people who have been impacted by cope men maryland and we're trying to bring that to the forefront. that is one of our campaigns. we have an end of the year letter going out. we're also approaching family foundations and other foundations. >> right now coman has put out an urgent appeal. if they're still short by the start of their fiscal year, they have to fund fewer programs. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. the usda is tweaking its guidelines for school meals

after getting criticisms from students that theye still hung gri. they will lift the cap on meat portions and loosen the requirements on grains. the changes are temporary only to give schools flexibility as they change their menus. not clear if they will be reimplemented next year. secretary of state hillary clinton rang in the new year in the hospital. she is being treated for a blood clot doctors fond between her brain and her skull. we have the details on clinton's condition and whether we can expect her back to work anytime soon oar are after days -- >> reporter: after days of questions, secretary of state hillary clinton's doctors issued a statement. a scan revealed a clot in the brain situated in a space between the brain and the skull behind the right here. secretary clinton's doctors noted that the clot, which resulted from a concussion she suffered when she struck her

head did not result in a streek or neurological damage. the secretary's medical team has been treating her since sunday in a new york hospital with blood thinners to dissolve that clot. once the medication dose has been established, she will be released. the chief of vascular surgery at george town university in washington, d.c., an expert who has not treated secretary clinton tells cnn's wolf bit zer there -- blitzer, there is good news. >> this would not affect her function. she could travel. it just affects heavy physical activity. once your medication is regulated appropriately, you can go about all the normal activities of daily living. >> reporter: and secretary clinton's doctors said the secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery.

she is in good spirits, engaging with her doctors, her family and her staff. clinton, who's flown a million miles already had her international travel on hold and it doesn't look like she will be going anywhere soon. there's also a question mark about when she will be able to they have about the terrorist attack in beaning zip and the -- benghazi and the security lapses. some say clinton has to testify on benghazi before she holds confirmation hearings and that could affect timing of her decision to retire at the end of president obama's current term. >> secretary's clinton's health problems have been surprising for almost four years. she never showed any signs of health problems. well it is the new year's most popular resolution.

we all want to get in better championship in 2013. we'll take you inside a local gym where people are already starting. >> and painting the town purr -- purple. >> normal 42. we guaranteed you 42. our first weather win are of 2013, jan -- winner of 2013, janice rollens. we're back with more abc2 news and your weather for the week coming up.

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to pick a new rest liewsmghts -- resolution. >> we're going to increase this. >> reporter: a lot of the area gyms are filled with men and women who have a better outlook on personal health. >> i'm in here to continue last year's resolution and to keep it going. my new one is to stay in shape and not fall back off the wagon. >> reporter: her personal trainer, david, helps to keep shannon and others focused on their dpoals. >> the gym is packed the first two, two and a half months of the year. by the middle of march this has died down. then you have the people or serious about -- who are serious about getting into summertime shape. >> they've taught me tips. i've learned a lot. >> i love it.

that's what got me into this. i went through a weight loss competition myself. lost 80 pounds. completely changed my life, my life-style. >> reporter: it's those life changing events, which shannon uses to reach her final goal. >> i think throughout the year this was about 40 pounds i've lost. my goal is to lose the last 10 that doesn't want to go away. >> reporter: it's that personal gratification of seeing them transform their lives. >> even something as simple as them coming into the gym. they do know what to expect and getting them excited about working out and being healthy, getting them to make proper choices, that's exciting. >> reporter: in perry hall, reporting for abc2 news.

tonight one local couple spent their entire year in the hospital. they got to welcome their new baby boy into the word. scott michael was the first baby born in twern born at med star hospital. finally delivered today, 12:26 a.m., 26 minutes after mid-night. dad wasn't thinking about his baby being the first baby of the new year. he just wanted to make sure he's healthy. >> we just want him to be okay. >> crying sounded pretty good. this is the couple's first baby. little scott michael will be in the nicu a little longer before he goes home. the raves are preparing -- ravens are preparing for a run for the super bowl. you may notice the giant logo. crews were spraying it.

the mascot was on hand. the team's loyal fan said there's no better time of the year than the playoffs. >> i love spending time with the family at thanksgiving. i love christmas, but there's in better field than when they get on this road and the super bowl. that's what we're going to do, the road to super bowl xlvii. >> it's not the only place being painted purrful. they headed over to federal hill. members of the ravens front office will use spray chalk to paint more than 300 locations and two special ravens will aper in m fans who find the logos and upload it to the website will be entered for a chance to win two tickets to sunday's playoff game. the ravens will begin sunday at

1:00 against indianapolis. got to get it done on sunday. we didn't get any showers. southern maryland, maybe an isolated shower or two. that was it. maryland's most powerful radar, five sweeps scanning the sky and finding not a thing until you get down toward virginia beach, light precy. 41 at bwi. humidity at 64%. the dew point is way down to 28, very dry air, the kind of weather where you may want to run the humidifier. today it was a cloudy scenario. havre de grace cloudy over the susquehanna river. snow on the ground in carroll county. getting ready to go back to school for a lot of kids around maryland and laurel at st.

vincent pilates. current winds are light, 5 to 10. temperature wise cold but not frigid. these numbers will be more like the 20s tomorrow night and a few morning in the teens as we go later in the week. we can see close to 40 at shady side. i think we're looking at upper 30s. as you go further north temperatures get colder toward hunt valley. we may make this into the mid-30s tomorrow and 37 or so in essex. more sun later in the day. all clouds tonight. winter weather will -- the active weather with some winter weather embedded all staying to the south. clear and sunny conditions to dominate but we are going to get into this, some of the very cold air that has built. chicago down to 19 now, 15 in

des moines. that's not even the overnight low. we'll be falling into the 20s, only rebounding into the 30s tomorrow. then the cold air sinking in overnight. some outer suburbs could find teens. here's a look at what will head our way. that one storm passing further and further south. high pressure building in, but it is an arctic high meaning cold air will come with it. not a lot of wind but the core of it settling in thursday. tonight 27, partly cloudy. 37 your two-degree guarantee. partly cloudy cold and breezy. we could see teens north and west of baltimore. take a look at the setup. you see colder weather will be the story with conditions staying dry. there's no rain or snow anywhere

in the outlook, which is a let unusual. it's been a very active pattern, so maybe we shouldn't be too surprised. you can see all you tailgaters, lucky people with the playoff tickets. the warmup trend will last into early next week. >> 1:00 game, so the tail get will get going -- tailgate will get going. working on a new year's resolution can be rough, especially if you stayed out late. this has to be one of the worst new year's day jobs, cleaning up. crews jumped into action to peck up the mounds of trash and confetti that filled the streets, and an estimated 1 million people were on hand. coming up right after world news is the list. tonight they'll be taking a look at baltimore's other football

team. we're kicking in the new year with the baltimore blast. find out if i have inform moves to make the team. >> here's what's coming up on abc2.

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we take you inside a class designed specifically for educators. >> and can you be fired for not getting a flu shot? it happened. 26 people in indiana. those stories and more when you join us for abc2 news at 11. get your flu shot? >> get the flu bad one year and you'll learn. cold out there, feeling like winter big time. 40s rote now but we're headed to the 30s and eventually 20s by daybreak tomorrow morning. so january coming in like january. that's the best way i know to describe. it mid-30s through mid-week. then looks like a warmup on tap as we push toward game day sunday. that's all the time we have.

happy new year. thanks for gong us. we'll be back tonight at 11.